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The Sparrowe.

The fethered Sparrowe cald am I,
in swete and plaasaunt spryng
I greatly doe delight, for then
I chitter, chirpe, and syng.
I take delight in garnisht groues
to seke my liuyng still:
And though but little birde I am,
yet syng I swete and shrill.
Now thou that greate and mightie art,
despise and set not light

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By little ones: small ones oftymes
subdue the greate of might.